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By 'Warsay' November 19, 1999 – It is now five months since the last major military engagement between the Eritrean and Weyane forces. There have been wide-spread reports on the enormous losses suffered by the invading Ethiopian forces in the Badme and Tsorona fronts. Africa Confidential (AC), which, presumably, has been gathering confidential material.. |
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Deceit Is Its Own amnation (Part II) By 'Warsay' November 19, 1999 – In its latest issue of November 12, 1999, Africa Confidential waited five months to report on battles that it purports to have occurred the third week of June. Its editors were probably fine-tuning the methodology of how to present their "confidential" findings. I will next present my observations on the style and substance of what they have come up with. |
By Saleh AA Younis September 28, 1999 – ....it is time for the mediators to tell the
world who is for peace and who is for war. And let the international community make its
position known loudly and clearly because the Ethiopian Government thrives in areas of
ambiguities and fuzziness. |
Requiem For A Stillborn Peace Package By Dr. Tekie Fessehazion October 29, 1999 – If there was any glimmer of hope that the TPLF government in Ethiopia was serious about finding a peaceful resolution to the border conflict with Eritrea, the hope is dimming fast. The October 21 statement from the Office of the Governments Spokesperson made it clear that the TPLF is not interested in peace: never was, never will be. |
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By Dr. Tekie Fessehazion August 28, 1999 – The
international community is about to find out what Eritrea has known right from the start.
Ethiopia’s minority controlled government has never been interested in a peaceful
resolution to its conflict with Eritrea. Now the world will understand fully who has been
for peace, and who for continued war. All along Eritrea has been for peace, Ethiopia has
been creating excuses upon excuses why it can not go for a |
Ethiopia's Woes and TPLF's Misplaced
Priority Oct. 20, 1999 |
Ethiopia Diplomatically Cornered... By Saleh AA Younis August 29, 1999 – "Why Was The
Option I Put Forth Not Preferred?" - Meles Zenawi, letter to OAU Shortly after Eritrea and Ethiopia officially and
formally accepted the OAU Framework Agreement ("Framework" for short) and the
Modalities for its Implementation ("Modalities" for short), the OAU, in
conjunction with technical experts from the US and the UN, drafted up and presented the
Technical |
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Called, Change The Subject By Saleh AA Younis – 27 Aug 1999 To help us understand the genesis of the border war, I have compiled a chronological report of events and the steps that were taken to solve the disputes. This report should be read as one person's reading of what took place. At a later day, I hope to write a full interpretive account of why the border war occurred. For now, this bare outline should suffice. |
"The Ethiopian
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Why Are We Not
Surprised By Ethiopia’s Rejection Of Peace? By Visafric– September 4, 1999 In
typical Ethiopian government style, today’s statement announcing |
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Clean your act and cover your nakedness -By Ghidewon Abay-Asmerom August 3, 1999 To some one who doesn't know the behavior of the Ethiopian government its response might be found bemusing to say the least. Instead of shutting up their big mouth and cleaning their dirt and ugly act, they are going public with their incoherent reply. What a shame. |
Ethiopia Gets No OAU Permission for Deportations |
A Deal
Breaker Then; A Deal Breaker Now? -By Tekie Fessehatzion July 26,1999 Eritrea's unexpected (to Ethiopia) acceptance of the modalities for implementation of the OAU Framework Agreement has unnerved official Ethiopia to the point of incoherence. The minority controlled government whose continuing existence rests largely on... |
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OAU and Ethiopia’s IOUs: Lessons for Somalia - By Asgede Hagos Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi last week called upon the Organization of African Unity (OAU) to try to bring peace to Somalia, in which Addis Ababa seems to be fully and directly involved; not only has Ethiopia taken sides in the conflict, it has also invaded part of this troubled land. However, though Somalia and Somalis need a great deal of attention from within and... |
The Tragedy of a Country That
Cannot Afford Peace An Ethiopian Professor, Habtamu Bihonlign, speaks in earnest |
Ethiopia: A
Terrorist State? By Aemro Iyasu It was reported by the Agence France-Presse on 18 May 1999 that - The United States condemned the Sudanese government for bombing raids earlier this week on villages in the southern part of the country that violated a ceasefire and killed at least one person. "We strongly condemn this bombing attack which clearly violates the humanitarian cease-fire in place there since July of 1998," State Department spokesman James Foley told reporters. |
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does the path to peace and reconciliation begin? By Sophia Tesfamariam We are at a welcome lull in this still unresolved border issue which has in the last two years evolved into a full blown war. About a month ago at the AEPAD ( Association of Eritrean Professionals) forum in Washington, DC, one of the speakers, the distinguished Kassahun Checole talked about the need for reconciliation between the peoples of the two warring countries, Ethiopia and Eritrea. |
"But the sacrosanct 1908
frontier has left Ethiopia with no ports and with the indignity of watching a minor economic miracle unfold in Eritrea - a nation of just 3.5 million people, run with military efficiency by 53-year-old President Issaias Afewerki. " KILLING FIELD BARRICADED WITH CORPSES - The Independent July 18, 1999 |
Why
Ethiopia Will Reject Peace by Saleh AA Younis The United States thought that OAU's summit at Algiers was a major achievement in that the revised agreement had clarified any ambiguities on the implementation of the OAU Framework Agreement. Here's how Dr. Rice put it in her July 15, 1999 State Department briefing: "What appears to be different [with this agreement]is that while some weeks back we had a situation where both sides had accepted in name the OAU framework agreement but had decidedly different... |
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BETRAYAL OF JUSTICE By Dr. Asres Kaffl Bombing towns, like Mendefera, Adi-keih, and the latest a cattle grazing area of western Eritrea, which have no military significance, is a wanton and malicious act with intent of inflicting death and distraction to helpless civilians. And most interestingly, because of the nature of its timing, it is a clear demonstration of disrespect and arrogance, for the second time, toward Mr. Sahnun's visit. Besides, Ethiopia did not make any attempt to hide or deny its violation of the air raid moratorium. In fact, they seem to flaunt it. |
Ethiopia's Military
"Option" To Its Conflict With Eritrea Is Another Mirage. By Prof. Habtamu Bihonilign September 3, 1999 |
ETHIOPIA'S
STRATEGY FOR WINNING THE WAR By Saleh AA Younis The chronology peddled by the Ethiopian government is chicanery, deception, and mumbo-jumbo. It is, to quote an American journalist, an "emancipated view of facts." An Eritrean who points this out is likely to be dismissed as a propagandist or an errand boy for Isaias (boy, are Ethiopians obsesed with this man or what?) To tell the Ethiopian people that the assurance the TPLF is giving them, (just as its predecessor did), that victory is right around the corner is all bunk is about is as difficult as that faced by someone trying to communicate with a deliriously hypnotized person. |
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OAU peace proposal: A call for debate by Petros Tesfagiorgis Eritrea Profile July 3
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"Western diplomats in the Horn of Africa say the war
began in May |
OAU's
duty as a mediator By Abraham Berhe The Eritrea-Ethiopian border clash has already entered its second year. Unlike other regional conflicts around the globe, nobody had predicted this minor border conflict would escalate to such unprecedented scale. It is undeniably disappointing that since the genesis of the conflict, many promises have been broken and a number of mediation attempts foiled. It is regrettable yet, that the only continental organization upon which many governmental and non-governmental organizations had laid their support hoping that the conflict would be put to an end is failing both the peoples of Eritrea and Ethiopia. |
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